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ilttrd (guarire HEMAN P. BROOKS, 0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT'.

Letters Patent No. 106,462, dated .August 16, 1870.

The Schedule referred i-n these Letters Patent and making part of the'same.

To all whom it 'may concerns Be it known that I, HEMAN P. BROOKS, ofWatex-bury, in the county of New Haven and VState of thereon, to be a,full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawingsconstitute partof this specication, and represent in Figure a.perspective view, v:md in Figure 2, n side view. i u This inventionrelates to an improvement in device forholdingqbrend to be toasted, theobject heilig to dispense witlfhe usual folding oillinged zipparftus',and consequently cbeapen the construction and lessen tbe mechanicalptn-tot' the operation required in the toaster; and

The, invention consists in the construction ot' n ionstel from wireformed into prongs, or forksbape, one ormore of whichpropgs are bent orcoiled over, {,o benr'npo'n the reverse sdeot the bread, to hold theread.

a a nre two prongs, formed from wire, which are bent, so as to formparts of a handle, d.

c c-are two other prongs, forconvenience of construction, also formingpart ofthe handle, and at a length equal, or nearly so, to the prongs aa.

The prongs V,c are bent or coiled over, returning, `to form, the springsf, as seen iu figs. 1 and 2.

The bread to be toasted is placed ppon the prongs and passed under thesprings f, as seen in iig. 2.

Either or all ofthe prongs may be thus returned, it being onlynecessari-that a s'ucient number be retained to support the bread.

' The parts are united by metal bonds h, which clasp theseveral wiresof'wbieh lthe toaster is formed.

4I `claim as my `invention-v:` c

The herein-described toaster, eonsistingbt their-ini'- dle D, prongs aond c, one or more of which arebent .in the manner described, so as toform springs or re.- verse bearings f, substantially in the mannerdescribed. V j

Wtnesses: HEMAN P. BROOKS. FRANKLIN L. WL'roN,

CEAS. W. GILLETTE.

